Thomas Horatio Jackson (1879–1935) was a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

newspaper editor and publisher, who has been called a "veritable titan of the Lagos Press". Jackson's career, like that of his father

John Payne Jackson John Payne Jackson (25 March 1848 – 1 August 1915) was an Americo-Liberian journalist, born in Liberia who was influential in Lagos, Nigeria around the turn of the 20th century. He edited and published the ''Lagos Weekly Record'' from 1891 until ...

, has been said to "exemplify the militant and crusading zeal of the pioneer journalists" in Nigeria.

Life

After his father died in 1915 Jackson became editor of the ''Lagos Weekly Record''. In 1923 he was involved in the founding of the

Nigerian National Democratic Party The Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP) was Nigeria's first political party. Formed in 1923 by Herbert Macaulay to take advantage of the new Clifford Constitution, which succeeded the 1914 Nigerian Council. The NNDP successfully organized ...

. In 1925 Jackson was imprisoned for an article arguing that the

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judges were nothing more than tools of the executive.Thomas Horatio Jackson, "The dangers of the judicial system in Nigeria", ''Lagos Weekly Record'', 16 September 1925. See

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1879 births 1935 deaths Nigerian newspaper publishers (people) Nigerian newspaper journalists People from Lagos 19th-century Nigerian people 20th-century Nigerian people Americo-Liberian people People of Americo-Liberian descent Americo-Liberian families {{Nigeria-journalist-stub